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. >> what did bill clinton say? arithmetic. i like that moment that he was pointing out what numbers added up but to the democrats were chanting arithmetic. did just cannot be sound bites. those were real bills that passed. 62/75 boats -- boats. we got it done. on some of those bills after we got it done there was pressure on the house and the group of us supportive of the debt commission report we may not agree with everything but depending on the day 40 are 55 senators meeting off and on to push them through. >> there is a devotion. paul ryan said it is not their intention to raise tax rates. didn't want to agree to the tax hikes how will you work with republicans in the house? this is not what we will negotiate? there has been some change there and speaker boehner but up the olive branch that is the debt negotiations are all about. but look at the tax-cut issue as a major part of the solution and add that into other deductions it is a chunk of change. >> with the press conference . >> guest: i missed the meeting but they pas
. >> what did bill clinton say? arithmetic. i like that moment that he was pointing out what numbers added up but to the democrats were chanting arithmetic. did just cannot be sound bites. those were real bills that passed. 62/75 boats -- boats. we got it done. on some of those bills after we got it done there was pressure on the house and the group of us supportive of the debt commission report we may not agree with everything but depending on the day 40 are 55 senators meeting off and...
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as far as bill clinton, you know, bill clinton is a seasoned, amazing politician. i mean, he slept on both sides of the aisle. so i think he came out in top about the economy and i think what he has going for him is the record of not only balancing the budget, but having a budget surplus. let's not forget that was a moment in time when bill clinton was overseeing this great country when we were in the.com boom. when we were a new air of going into the year 2000. so that i detert very vibrant. so you're really talking about a different economic time, where he was sober's needs. but you can't take away from the fact that, you know, he oversaw a balance budget and a surplus giving him the credibility in terms of economics. now i will say this, any interviewed bill clinton back in june. i was talking to him about the fiscal cliff and i said straight out to him in a couple of this interview online at cnbc.com, but i said, what do you think about the fiscal cliff? should the tax cuts be extended and spending programs being d i thought up instead ofitical fattening tax cu
as far as bill clinton, you know, bill clinton is a seasoned, amazing politician. i mean, he slept on both sides of the aisle. so i think he came out in top about the economy and i think what he has going for him is the record of not only balancing the budget, but having a budget surplus. let's not forget that was a moment in time when bill clinton was overseeing this great country when we were in the.com boom. when we were a new air of going into the year 2000. so that i detert very vibrant....
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their bill clinton and the republican party? i thought marco rubio did a pretty good job. but here, bill clinton disaggregated some complicated issues, simplified them, delivered them into the living room of every voter and had an intelligent conversation. that is what voters want. they want a sincere, intelligent conversation. no bs, no fluff, no hyperbole. just give me the scoop and tell me where you think you can take us. and that is where i think there is an opportunity still in the weeks remaining. and i believe that governor romney has that capacity to deliver that kind of level of sincerity and direction. >> i want to quickly address that. the republicans had a candidate doing that in the primary. unfortunately candidate was addressing the general primary electorate. that's different. but if you look at the ad for governor romney's problems, think it goes back to numbers. the first was brought up today at 50.1% in the sense that he's trying to do what is necessary to get elected. so there is some of that lack of sincerity
their bill clinton and the republican party? i thought marco rubio did a pretty good job. but here, bill clinton disaggregated some complicated issues, simplified them, delivered them into the living room of every voter and had an intelligent conversation. that is what voters want. they want a sincere, intelligent conversation. no bs, no fluff, no hyperbole. just give me the scoop and tell me where you think you can take us. and that is where i think there is an opportunity still in the weeks...
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bill clinton essentially, his whole philosophy of life was just keep going forward. reinvent yourself every day, forgive yourself. forgive the world. keep going. he became an incredible survivor because of that. that got into the white house and the government trouble in the white house. it got him out of trouble in the white house, it got him in trouble with leaving the white house, and now is the most popular guy in the world. something, you know. barack obama really from the time he left honolulu at age 18 to go to college until the time he went to harvard law school, nine years by the pretty intensely try to resolve the contradictions that live there at him. in a way that every teenager and college kids sort of is searching for such into the. >> she had a lot more contradiction the night. >> to the extent that it is humanly possible he became what i would call it pointedly integrated person which up given the confidence to get to the white house and get him in trouble in the white house. can document because he came in thinking, well, if i can resolve the con
bill clinton essentially, his whole philosophy of life was just keep going forward. reinvent yourself every day, forgive yourself. forgive the world. keep going. he became an incredible survivor because of that. that got into the white house and the government trouble in the white house. it got him out of trouble in the white house, it got him in trouble with leaving the white house, and now is the most popular guy in the world. something, you know. barack obama really from the time he left...
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in fact, attacked bill clinton for signing it. section 407 is very direct, no waiver is legal. we wanted to force the social service bureaucrats to recognize this as a major shift to the work ethic and they had an obligation to apply the work ethic to the poor. the president, president obama has gone in and issued proposed regulation of health and human services, which waives some thing from which congress has set in president clinton signed, you can't wave. you have to ask yourself this simple question. if they don't intend to read the work requirement, where they wait in the work requirement. they say you're leaping to conclusions. i think that is nonsense. it is very clear people who are left wing you don't believe in the work requirement are now trying to set the stage to wave the work requirement. >> host: former speaker and republican presidential candidate will be with us for about 45 minutes. newt gingrich will start to take calls in a couple minutes, but back to the presidential race in a cell. i'm not than what about that romney campaign video or ad called the rise an
in fact, attacked bill clinton for signing it. section 407 is very direct, no waiver is legal. we wanted to force the social service bureaucrats to recognize this as a major shift to the work ethic and they had an obligation to apply the work ethic to the poor. the president, president obama has gone in and issued proposed regulation of health and human services, which waives some thing from which congress has set in president clinton signed, you can't wave. you have to ask yourself this simple...
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as secretary of state, he basically makes bill clinton sign a prenup. but all is the at money he is whhesoooem ee iatca seligeaong with that. he says it's hillary's turn now and i'll dwhatever they need me to do. it takes a lot for the twomen to find thirfotina thk eoh gsourhaaen nd s hpnto ny prs i pdentbama has been in fice for a while, he realizes doing great big things is not sy. doing anything is not easy. suddenly the deals and compromises anmaneuversin gshey ises a mondane.n d no we see in the newest oba campaign video directed by an oscar-wnning air and rratythnsst arfoim1 teil clinto >> just before republican primary, one of different people run for president talked about this earlier todayi d t w df meest.seg utdot th00aiot democratic side was an argument about ronald reagan, and which, as nacy was hit ome obama reesthli e s. sthihio en draa cls onsotion and these are men who come under the office of huge cars, big welts, drear ifftomry sccessf. ras heb r ah om ri wyo ethui we aurn suddenly cried and things they wish they could do over. even t
as secretary of state, he basically makes bill clinton sign a prenup. but all is the at money he is whhesoooem ee iatca seligeaong with that. he says it's hillary's turn now and i'll dwhatever they need me to do. it takes a lot for the twomen to find thirfotina thk eoh gsourhaaen nd s hpnto ny prs i pdentbama has been in fice for a while, he realizes doing great big things is not sy. doing anything is not easy. suddenly the deals and compromises anmaneuversin gshey ises a mondane.n d no we see...
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governor bill clinton and ross perot. presidential hopefuls have taken questions from undecided voters in the same town hall style. tuesday night, watch obama and romney in their debate. c-span coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> next, graham allison of harvard university discusses the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis. and what was learned from that conflict. from "washington journal", this is 40 minutes. >> host: doctor graham allison is the director for science and international affairs at harvard university. he joins us from boston. to talk about the 50 anniversary of the cuban missile crisis. good morning, and refresh for us, remind us what was so momentous about those days in october 50 years ago? >> guest: thank you for having me on. it is interesting to try to imagine october of 1962. but this is what historians agree is the most dangerous moment in human history. president kennedy said to his brother in the midst of the crisis that he thought that the chances of war were somewhere between one and
governor bill clinton and ross perot. presidential hopefuls have taken questions from undecided voters in the same town hall style. tuesday night, watch obama and romney in their debate. c-span coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> next, graham allison of harvard university discusses the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis. and what was learned from that conflict. from "washington journal", this is 40 minutes. >> host: doctor graham allison is the director for...
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and that the obama's had characterized her father, bill clinton has a racist during the campaign. [inaudible] >> aren't all presidents amateurs when it comes to office >> i think most are, but i don't think dwight eisenhower once. i don't think lyndon johnson was an amateur when he inherited the presidency after the assassination. i think he did not speak well to the teleprompter, but who understood how to manipulate levers of power in washington. he understood human nature. he understood the strengths and weaknesses of the people in congress and how to play on those weaknesses and strengths. obama doesn't seem to have that skill set to have human nature as a way of getting done and i think this is my 11th book. >> when you say to some of the critics? >> well, some of the criticisms about the accuracy of the stories they tell an executive. >> the fact of the matter is that as far as i know, there hasn't been a single fact that has been challenged in any kind of credible way. kids in school are, you know, they call each other names. when it comes to the credibility of my reporting,
and that the obama's had characterized her father, bill clinton has a racist during the campaign. [inaudible] >> aren't all presidents amateurs when it comes to office >> i think most are, but i don't think dwight eisenhower once. i don't think lyndon johnson was an amateur when he inherited the presidency after the assassination. i think he did not speak well to the teleprompter, but who understood how to manipulate levers of power in washington. he understood human nature. he...
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so bill clinton and george w. bush are not on the ballot. what should we do? [laughter] you really want an answer to that? i said i gave a speech we could go about this. the other guys are morons on the trail. would you like to do? he must commit suicide. what would you like to do? i have a rope, i have a gun. bush reshoot affair quiet >> obviously a big to differ. i've are the first part, but not the second part. >> up i ran this campaign, i would be fired up enough to never work again. i'm voting for harry truman. >> we have time for one more question. if we can get the microphone to the gentleman in the middle who was in a bad geography and probably won't have another chance. >> hank, i see the photo of prime minister netanyahu and president clinton. i was wondering, why did clinton lie tonight and yahoo!? he told them after the wide plantation accord that he was wary pollard and up-to-date grandma was signed, he reneged on it. >> pattern of you associate the question. i suggest you ask to go to jeanneau this house and move on the lawn until he stops the no
so bill clinton and george w. bush are not on the ballot. what should we do? [laughter] you really want an answer to that? i said i gave a speech we could go about this. the other guys are morons on the trail. would you like to do? he must commit suicide. what would you like to do? i have a rope, i have a gun. bush reshoot affair quiet >> obviously a big to differ. i've are the first part, but not the second part. >> up i ran this campaign, i would be fired up enough to never work...
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we're about -- a few weeks during the convention which is bill clinton lineback in 1990 if you work hard and play by the rules you should expect to be in the american middle class. it's basically what he's been saying. obama repeated it. and i just don't think that's na. i don't think it's political. you have work harder, study harder, learn and relearn faster and reinvent the rule naps is because we are in a very different work environment technology is making older jobs outdate faster and spin off new jobs. and they each one requires more education. and i just think if we're going it i think america is a huge advantage in the world. because the i think the world is going to be divided going forward between high imagination and enabling countries and low imagination enabling country. rethe highest imagination enabling country in the world. if you have spark of an idea you can go to delta in taiwan they'll design it. they'll get you a cheap chinese manufacture. amazon will gift wrap it for christmas. free lancer get the logo. they are commodities except this. that's no country that does
we're about -- a few weeks during the convention which is bill clinton lineback in 1990 if you work hard and play by the rules you should expect to be in the american middle class. it's basically what he's been saying. obama repeated it. and i just don't think that's na. i don't think it's political. you have work harder, study harder, learn and relearn faster and reinvent the rule naps is because we are in a very different work environment technology is making older jobs outdate faster and...
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he did do what bill clinton did and put a proposal on the table. i think that's what we're going to see. does the president put out an immigration proposal? bessy embracing symbols or variant or does he bring everyone into the white house in bipartisan leadership and come up with something behind closed doors that can pass. we do know the answer. this is where blaise is right. we don't know the approach of the president. either one could work, either one has risks. the first one has more to the president. he puts suppliants republicans cannot stand. the second is more dangerous for republican leadership if they cut a deal and can't bring followers along. either way is fine with me. it will be great for what porters. >> first question. >> one, are you surprised the issue of mormonism played such a small part in the campaign apparently? and secondly, it's not one conclusion that the republican party might draw that they need someone who's a standard they are who izmir publicly determined to the precise base issues will be more strongly committed in s
he did do what bill clinton did and put a proposal on the table. i think that's what we're going to see. does the president put out an immigration proposal? bessy embracing symbols or variant or does he bring everyone into the white house in bipartisan leadership and come up with something behind closed doors that can pass. we do know the answer. this is where blaise is right. we don't know the approach of the president. either one could work, either one has risks. the first one has more to the...
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we talk in this book about bill clinton, who i like and respect and she's a friend. i think she's still a friend. i said this a few times over the past couple weeks, maybe not the reality is nobody else in our society in part because the welfare reform bill 15 years ago peter edelman has a book of right now called so richard commesso poor we are not the only ones in caring for put people in this country we are not the only ones talking about before he ever got in the race talking about this particular issue and he famously predicted 15 years ago that this was going we were going to be reaping some dire consequences if bill clinton passed this law. he famously resigned his high post in the clinton administration in protest over this issue. fast-forward 15 years and i have news for you peter was right and that's why we see women and children falling faster than anybody. what does this say about a nation that allows women and children oftentimes the weekend vulnerable to fall into the abyss faster than any other group of americans so we saw that so dhaka year it isn't g
we talk in this book about bill clinton, who i like and respect and she's a friend. i think she's still a friend. i said this a few times over the past couple weeks, maybe not the reality is nobody else in our society in part because the welfare reform bill 15 years ago peter edelman has a book of right now called so richard commesso poor we are not the only ones in caring for put people in this country we are not the only ones talking about before he ever got in the race talking about this...
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and then with bill clinton, of course, funding all of the investigations that led to the on and on. the big articles in the american spectator. but nothing compared to the money and the organization that we have seen. the heads of coke industries, they are the third and fourth richest man in america, people in america. you would know about bill gates and warren buffett. number three in number four. combined wealth of $50 billion. they have put more money in -- by the way, i have to say this. they do some good things, particularly david, the wealthiest man in new york city. you thought michael blumberg was. nope. he finds the metropolitan opera, a big supporter of it. the metropolitan museum of art, cancer research centers around the country. most of the money goes into political activities. and they are everywhere. the heritage foundation in washington d.c. the cato institute, when it started. some of you may now know that cato kind of went its own independent way. they are now suing the cato institute to get it back to be a totally controlled operation. people, americans for prospe
and then with bill clinton, of course, funding all of the investigations that led to the on and on. the big articles in the american spectator. but nothing compared to the money and the organization that we have seen. the heads of coke industries, they are the third and fourth richest man in america, people in america. you would know about bill gates and warren buffett. number three in number four. combined wealth of $50 billion. they have put more money in -- by the way, i have to say this....
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as bill clinton, raise the red flag again, calling the nation to focus on improving the outcomes of our children. none of those presidents gave lip service. all of them focused on investment, as did george w. bush and has barack obama. but what we learned by doing this research was that china and india approaches unturned approach the state differently. they have a plan. they don't just have goals, they have a plan. that plan started from pre-k and goes through college. how many pre-k slots do i need? how many qualified teachers do i need? how i get qualified teachers, how do i keep them. how many was secondary. >> what our report calls for is for the next president, to look specifically at how we create new goals and put plans behind them. how we expand assets to early childhood education and ensure that it is high-quality how we ensure that americans competitiveness is advanced by improving the future of our children. the olympics ended a week ago and we wanted the most medals. four years ago, china vetoes by 11 gold medals. that is a sign that the u.s. is getting more focused on qual
as bill clinton, raise the red flag again, calling the nation to focus on improving the outcomes of our children. none of those presidents gave lip service. all of them focused on investment, as did george w. bush and has barack obama. but what we learned by doing this research was that china and india approaches unturned approach the state differently. they have a plan. they don't just have goals, they have a plan. that plan started from pre-k and goes through college. how many pre-k slots do...
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must you have the expansion and people say gosh, what bill clinton's health security act was defeated, but the thing is over the 20 years you don't have a number of expansion efforts, both in the medicaid program through as chip, et cetera that have the public world and has expanded to maniacally. it is hard to see how you reverse the creation of the exchanges, et cetera. i think it is something they will duke it out over, but i think it is going to make coverage absolutely central to our politics. and so, then so, then you'll see a generation of republicans who will just reconcile themselves to it and basically say how do we fix that? when you look at the instruments when the medicare program is created, they did not quite come true. in a way it's a lesson for republicans because in 1964 unit goldwater served as the nominee. the result was he had enormous democratic super majorities in both houses of congress and you were able to see creation of programs that when you think about conservatives right now, they are still wrestling with the legacy of medicare and medicaid programs that
must you have the expansion and people say gosh, what bill clinton's health security act was defeated, but the thing is over the 20 years you don't have a number of expansion efforts, both in the medicaid program through as chip, et cetera that have the public world and has expanded to maniacally. it is hard to see how you reverse the creation of the exchanges, et cetera. i think it is something they will duke it out over, but i think it is going to make coverage absolutely central to our...
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for bill clinton is a little bit different because sitting there was nafta of and the end of the of year when negotiations, said there was a kind of momentum and an imperative to make an administration decision to go forward with naphtha and of the labor environment or do we go forward with brown to. but that is a typical. so i think for this administration with the president coming into the situation he did, which is to say massive deficits, salon and so forth, and then the war potentially, i think that his attention was probably occupied elsewhere frankly, and one could argue appropriately so. it seems to me under those circumstances it would have been wise for the administration to better in power its cabinet which i think was a surprise to many of us who watched but i think with this embrace especially and the passage of the fta in particular i think the administration is beginning to see this could be an area of important advance for the president especially in light of his goal of doubling exports in five years. so my hope would be if it's president obama in the next four years or
for bill clinton is a little bit different because sitting there was nafta of and the end of the of year when negotiations, said there was a kind of momentum and an imperative to make an administration decision to go forward with naphtha and of the labor environment or do we go forward with brown to. but that is a typical. so i think for this administration with the president coming into the situation he did, which is to say massive deficits, salon and so forth, and then the war potentially, i...
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that bill clinton after the presidency decided it's hillary clinton's turn. i don't think michelle obama will ever run for office, and if she does, i'll eat every page of this book. [laughter] but i do wonder if it will be her turn to decide on the next step in their future. >> if i could interject, one story of the bush administration, the senior staff was with the two bushes visiting on a state visit, and george w. bush was bored and wanted to sneak around the palace to check it out. [laughter] he said to this guy, let's go, i want to sneak around, and laura said don't you dare move. he had to decide, do i obey the president or the first lady. [laughter] he said it was not even close decision there. [laughter] >> i was wondering if you could talk more about president obama's relationship with rahm emanuel and how that affected his presidency and starting on his third chief of staff, the ability to find a chief of staff that he can relate to affected his ability to accomplish things. >> glad you asked because in part, i think, dave, has, you know, his own pe
that bill clinton after the presidency decided it's hillary clinton's turn. i don't think michelle obama will ever run for office, and if she does, i'll eat every page of this book. [laughter] but i do wonder if it will be her turn to decide on the next step in their future. >> if i could interject, one story of the bush administration, the senior staff was with the two bushes visiting on a state visit, and george w. bush was bored and wanted to sneak around the palace to check it out....
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bill clinton had won in 1990 and lyndon johnson had one in 1969. i believe johnson was able to achieve ten because of the basic fiscal year. [laughter] typical of johnson in the fiscal year to october 1st or september 30 of which then enabled him to balance the budget, so clinton who did it legitimately i think. but in other words, the idea is we would run up the deficit when you have islam, large deficits when you have a slump, it would run at medium-size deficits in the times of prosperity. the u.s. government spending $3.6 trillion this year one-third of it is borrowed. since 2001 federal spending has gone up roughly twice the rate of economic growth. interest payments are temporarily manageable. somewhere around $250 billion a year, less than 10% of spending. but that interest rates are historical low. our current situation is and know where comparable to that of the 40's, the national groups to the annual gdp. the spending went down, the borrowing stopped, and the united states seems to grow in real time for 20 years. that prepares the deficit
bill clinton had won in 1990 and lyndon johnson had one in 1969. i believe johnson was able to achieve ten because of the basic fiscal year. [laughter] typical of johnson in the fiscal year to october 1st or september 30 of which then enabled him to balance the budget, so clinton who did it legitimately i think. but in other words, the idea is we would run up the deficit when you have islam, large deficits when you have a slump, it would run at medium-size deficits in the times of prosperity....
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clinton. so i saw that. i was fascinated and i wanted to know more about them though they gave me some money to come to america and travel around and do some interviews. i'm terrified of flying so it's actually quite extraordinary periods. i flew out to los angeles and then i took a train to kings is an attribute of the people of their industry into detroit and then i took a train to new hampshire and attributes in buchanan brigade people there and went right to the south and thing of the sons of confederate veterans. i'm sure there's a view around. maybe some of them still living. i interposed those people and then i was very fortunate to be able to interview mr. buchanan himself and they really a fine heart and soul of the book. in the course of writing this, i reached two conclusions about pat buchanan. the first one is that his life is really a biography of the conservative movement. he was born in the greatest of great beaches, perhaps the large predates the west for lovers the terminator
clinton. so i saw that. i was fascinated and i wanted to know more about them though they gave me some money to come to america and travel around and do some interviews. i'm terrified of flying so it's actually quite extraordinary periods. i flew out to los angeles and then i took a train to kings is an attribute of the people of their industry into detroit and then i took a train to new hampshire and attributes in buchanan brigade people there and went right to the south and thing of the sons...
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but like bill clinton did ask for shared sacrifice from millionaires and billionaires. get rid of the tax breaks for oil companies exxonmobil show they have record profit again. i will take one little exception with the question. you put all entitlements in one place. there are budget issues even was social security and medicare but i do not think those are the problem. they need to be adjusted but not thrown away. over 50% of seniors wrought property now is 10%. we chemicals adjustments. >>moderator: we will start with ursula rozum. with the affordable care act medicare as we know it will not survive beyond the next decade the you favor turning this over to private vouchers under the age of 55? or what would you do for medicare the line does not go through the roof? rozum: i support medicare for all but not the voucher program. health care should not the profit to then industry. we cannot be constrained by the insurance bureaucracy. we need to stabilize cost 51 we have added nine years to the solvency from what it was. health care cost and needs to come down. we have t
but like bill clinton did ask for shared sacrifice from millionaires and billionaires. get rid of the tax breaks for oil companies exxonmobil show they have record profit again. i will take one little exception with the question. you put all entitlements in one place. there are budget issues even was social security and medicare but i do not think those are the problem. they need to be adjusted but not thrown away. over 50% of seniors wrought property now is 10%. we chemicals adjustments....
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clinton has done it, president george w. bush has done it. once they are in office, they tend to take a more nuanced view. we will have to wait and see what governor romney does. .. the chinese currency has actually appreciated over 30%. that is not exactly a small number. so progress we on trent certainly has been made on one front in 2007 or so, china's current surplus with a huge part of its gdp and a lot of people use that to argue the case was undervalued. today, it is actually a much smaller part of the gdp. so the move meant other currency has actually reached an equilibrium. certainly a lecture -- elected officials in congress. in 05 or six for instance or a seven. but i certainly am inclined to believe that romney having been such a successful businessman would stand on the side of free trade when he is elected to office. yes. >> tyler warman, he'll sell college. what will be taken if china invades taiwan? >> our official policy is something called strategic ambiguity. [laughter] according to the u.s. government, we
clinton has done it, president george w. bush has done it. once they are in office, they tend to take a more nuanced view. we will have to wait and see what governor romney does. .. the chinese currency has actually appreciated over 30%. that is not exactly a small number. so progress we on trent certainly has been made on one front in 2007 or so, china's current surplus with a huge part of its gdp and a lot of people use that to argue the case was undervalued. today, it is actually a much...
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. >> president obama, vice president biden, and former president bill clinton spoke at the memorial services for the late hawaii senator, daniel inouye today at the washington national cathedral in washington, dc. senator inouye died on monday at the age of 88 and was the second longest serving senator in history. this is an hour and 45 minutes. ♪ [inaudible] ♪ >> i am resurrection and i am life, says the lord. whoever has faith in me shall have life, even though he died. and everyone who has life and has committed himself to me in faith, shall not die forever. as for me, i know that my redeemer lives. and that at the last he will stand upon the earth, after my awakening he will raise me up and in my body i shall see god. i, myself, shall see and my buys behold him who is my friend, and not a stranger. for up in of us has life in himself and none becomes his own master when we die. for if we have life, we are alive in the lord, and if we die, we die in the lord. so, then, whether we live or die, we are the lord's possessions. happy from now on are those who die in the lord. so it is said
. >> president obama, vice president biden, and former president bill clinton spoke at the memorial services for the late hawaii senator, daniel inouye today at the washington national cathedral in washington, dc. senator inouye died on monday at the age of 88 and was the second longest serving senator in history. this is an hour and 45 minutes. ♪ [inaudible] ♪ >> i am resurrection and i am life, says the lord. whoever has faith in me shall have life, even though he died. and...
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[applause] >> i was telling bill clinton he said he was one 30th in june. would it be great to come upon that indian in the jungle that sounds like him to carry on the way that he does? [laughter] but to come upon that in the jungle is part of the american and story that it seems to me. we are wired to this history and the shock is we have forgotten so much of it. so much of it. >> it is so interesting. no wonder the history seems boring. >> we will open this up to questions from the audience. >> that could be taken in several ways. >> why isn't this history taught in our schools? >> do you know, hot textbooks are produced in the country? >> the way it is explained to me is that if you are a textbook company, they're very expensive to produce to have lots of students read them. and number of states have special agencies that have to approve the textbook. the way one publisher put it to me from random house is the three most important states are new york, texas, california. if you cannot sell your textbook in one of those states then basically it is worth le
[applause] >> i was telling bill clinton he said he was one 30th in june. would it be great to come upon that indian in the jungle that sounds like him to carry on the way that he does? [laughter] but to come upon that in the jungle is part of the american and story that it seems to me. we are wired to this history and the shock is we have forgotten so much of it. so much of it. >> it is so interesting. no wonder the history seems boring. >> we will open this up to questions...
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it's something that came from bill clinton and his administration, the index to word and come provides the same type of health care plans that we are able to select as a government employee. if you are making less, you get more. if you are more sick you get more but what you see with the act, think about the mandate that just came down to weeks ago. seniors at the return back to a hospital within 30 days of a visit. >> moderator: first we are going to stay on the topic of mcgeorge and begin the cycle with you with congressmen west. >> sticking on medicare, when you ran two years ago. for medicare you've been very critical of that. but when you voted for the ryan plan that also includes the 716 billion in savings. what is the difference between the 716 billion that you've criticized and voted for west: i haven't cut seven and $16 billion from medicare. what i voted against orloff of onerous policies, 3% withholding tax, medical loss ratio and when you look at the affordable care act, it's very simple. it is a tax law. there are 20 new taxes in the affordable care act and now we find out
it's something that came from bill clinton and his administration, the index to word and come provides the same type of health care plans that we are able to select as a government employee. if you are making less, you get more. if you are more sick you get more but what you see with the act, think about the mandate that just came down to weeks ago. seniors at the return back to a hospital within 30 days of a visit. >> moderator: first we are going to stay on the topic of mcgeorge and...
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clinton signed against as well. he vetoed twice before he signed it. and it did require work. why? well, we know people can't succeed in america without working. it's sort of obvious unless you are a trust fund baby, you're going to have to work to be able to provide for yourself. and as we saw, but these great society programs, you know, i am sure the people who put together these great society programs that they were doing people a favor, but they are not. it is not the responsibility of the government to provide for you. if the images here. and makes you dependent. you will struggle. it is just a different kind of struggle. remember i got criticized once and we had to debate about universal day care and i gave an example of someone who i hired off welfare. i have nine people when i worked in the united states senate and i talked about one of them was working for me for a year was nursing her subsidized daycare because she couldn't find a spot for her two kids. she was going to have to quit because she couldn't ma
clinton signed against as well. he vetoed twice before he signed it. and it did require work. why? well, we know people can't succeed in america without working. it's sort of obvious unless you are a trust fund baby, you're going to have to work to be able to provide for yourself. and as we saw, but these great society programs, you know, i am sure the people who put together these great society programs that they were doing people a favor, but they are not. it is not the responsibility of the...
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she was named acting chairman by president bill clinton in 1993. president clinton later appointed chairman schapiro the chairman of the commodities futures trading commission where she served until 1996. from there, chairman schapiro entered the leadership ranks of the financial industry's self-regulatory organizations. in 2006 she was named chairman and ceo. in that role, she oversaw the merger with a member regulation operations of the new york stock exchange. she became ceo of the resulting organization the financial industry regulatory authority. in january, 2009, president obama appointed chairman schapiro the chairman of the sec and she was unanimously confirmed by the united states senate. during her tenure mary schapiro carried out their investor protection mission on an amazing number of fronts. implementation of the dodd-frank act, the 2010 reforms of money funds, changing the role of credit agencies and many of her subjects. for her extraordinary dedication and her extraordinary accomplishments over a long year as a regulator, chairman
she was named acting chairman by president bill clinton in 1993. president clinton later appointed chairman schapiro the chairman of the commodities futures trading commission where she served until 1996. from there, chairman schapiro entered the leadership ranks of the financial industry's self-regulatory organizations. in 2006 she was named chairman and ceo. in that role, she oversaw the merger with a member regulation operations of the new york stock exchange. she became ceo of the resulting...
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clinton said that might when we took the little guy home, she ran out of the car and up the steps and burst into his house and yelled mom, she is a picture with hillary clinton's husband. [laughter] and i said to my friend obviously is mom is giving him perspective on these things but i figure we can harness our power in this room and make change for goods there's always the next generation's ritual of the good moms and grandmas and sisters and friends and leaders in this room by the court to our discussions and conversations today and all that we can do together. thank you very much. [applause] with we are going to the panel wind up here. i want to give you a rundown of this once program which will feature five panel discussions that cover everything from innovation, demographics, and entrepreneurship, politics and developing future leaders. we also have three conversations including house democratic leader nancy pelosi and exit interview with senator kay bailey hutchinson and a final conversation would be the luncheon interview with the senior adviser at assistant the president. we
clinton said that might when we took the little guy home, she ran out of the car and up the steps and burst into his house and yelled mom, she is a picture with hillary clinton's husband. [laughter] and i said to my friend obviously is mom is giving him perspective on these things but i figure we can harness our power in this room and make change for goods there's always the next generation's ritual of the good moms and grandmas and sisters and friends and leaders in this room by the court to...
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i think the novell chairman says, no bill clinton can get off of us. we've done it. privately, clinton is one of the few top democrat not to be a nobel peace lawyer. they've given it to carter, gore and obama. i'm trying to think of relatives that have one the peace prize. i don't think so. >> host: not in tierney as these to call her. i'm trying to think about -- what is her name? part of this sounding -- the wife of one of the earlier -- >> host: are rethinking about the miracle, one of the first economic prizes? >> guest: that's right. browse sub 10 worked under the project when he was a young scholar. >> host: go onto al gore because that's definitely one of the most concert or shall. >> guest: just has a piece of trivia come the subtitle of my book is 79798 think the most controversial price, the most famous could be a bit of a fudge because it could be tied with or maybe a little surpassed by the oscar. i'm not sure how you measure this on a worldwide basis. i think we're probably about tied. one man and one year, 2007 with both the words. that was al gore. it
i think the novell chairman says, no bill clinton can get off of us. we've done it. privately, clinton is one of the few top democrat not to be a nobel peace lawyer. they've given it to carter, gore and obama. i'm trying to think of relatives that have one the peace prize. i don't think so. >> host: not in tierney as these to call her. i'm trying to think about -- what is her name? part of this sounding -- the wife of one of the earlier -- >> host: are rethinking about the miracle,...
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he did it not just with roomed reagan, but with the other side of the aisle with president bill clinton which he saw up close from the inside. both administrations had fascinating initiatives in the middle east. he was involved in the most noteworthy middle east initiative of the second clinton administration, which, of course, a major push for the middle east in the final year of president clinton's second term. jim jeffrey, just retired from diplomatic service after completing the tour as u.s. ambassador in iraq. prior to that posting, jim was u.s. ambassador to turkey. he was on the front lines of two of iran's neighbors, and lest we forget, also on the front lines of two of syria's neighbor. he had a fascinating perch to look at the most important issues on the administration's agenda. jim also knows about second terms from his experience as national deputy security adviser in the bush administration, and that, of course, in that second term, we saw at least two major middle east initiatives, the iraq surge and the annapolis process. we have two second term experts to open our discu
he did it not just with roomed reagan, but with the other side of the aisle with president bill clinton which he saw up close from the inside. both administrations had fascinating initiatives in the middle east. he was involved in the most noteworthy middle east initiative of the second clinton administration, which, of course, a major push for the middle east in the final year of president clinton's second term. jim jeffrey, just retired from diplomatic service after completing the tour as...
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i think secretary clinton talked about -- this bill being driven by stories stories of a seven-yd wandering in a park aimlessly when her parents were both picked up in a detention raid. that is inexcusable, and not just to think about the terror in the young person's heart. what kind of community and society would let that happen? so legislation would put in safety measures that allow parents to be able to make determinations, make phone call and child care arrangements for their children if they happen to be detained or arrested. i think that's a good common-sense-humane, stop-gap measure, not a solution. >> i think the only thing i would add -- i can only comment on what we can do on the health and human services side of it. we have seen some things that will eventually want to figure out how to share because the potential practices other communities should be aware of. so, in california, we were in san diego and los angeles, and both counties and other counties in california, have developed memorandums of understanding between mexican consulate and either local or state child welfare sys
i think secretary clinton talked about -- this bill being driven by stories stories of a seven-yd wandering in a park aimlessly when her parents were both picked up in a detention raid. that is inexcusable, and not just to think about the terror in the young person's heart. what kind of community and society would let that happen? so legislation would put in safety measures that allow parents to be able to make determinations, make phone call and child care arrangements for their children if...
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if they'd been right about their projections back in 1996 and a 6% unemployment 2000, bill clinton would not have a balanced budget. for the other important point i like to make in the background economic context is a look at our long-run with chicken little's comments on a health care story and in its nonpublic health care story. as the private sector health care. if we don't fix it, none of us can think of enough taxes to pay for. we have to remember to fix the macroeconomy were talking about taxes, and they proselytizer for the financial speculation tax, tax and wall street speculation come with good reason off a lot of money has the other nice effect increases the quality and makes the financial more efficient and eliminating high income people. so the best way to do that to get rid of the problems of the top 1% is due to the top. if they don't get it to begin with we don't have to worry about taxing. >> financial transaction tax, and vehicle of national nurses united and other labor groups and even a reference in the congressional progressive caucus budget. i believe tom harkin -- c
if they'd been right about their projections back in 1996 and a 6% unemployment 2000, bill clinton would not have a balanced budget. for the other important point i like to make in the background economic context is a look at our long-run with chicken little's comments on a health care story and in its nonpublic health care story. as the private sector health care. if we don't fix it, none of us can think of enough taxes to pay for. we have to remember to fix the macroeconomy were talking about...
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i urge my colleagues to confirm bill clinton werner in this role as quickly as possible. the fsoc has also had many successes. the annual report we're reviewing today is solid and provides important insights into the workings of the council and identifies many important issues of concern and provides recommendations for the regulators to address these concerns. from the banking committee's oversight perspective this report provides a tangible way to measure the fsoc's progress. the fsoc also recently designated eight financial market utilities as systemically important. this is a huge step forward and is another example of how wall street reform is hoping to provide financial stability. the fsoc has finalized the criteria and is in the process of designating non-bank financial companies systemically important and other critical steps. the fsoc also has a finger on the pulse of the economy's most important issues. for example, as we can see from the public minutes and the annual report, the fsoc has been focusing on the situation in europe, an issue that this committee als
i urge my colleagues to confirm bill clinton werner in this role as quickly as possible. the fsoc has also had many successes. the annual report we're reviewing today is solid and provides important insights into the workings of the council and identifies many important issues of concern and provides recommendations for the regulators to address these concerns. from the banking committee's oversight perspective this report provides a tangible way to measure the fsoc's progress. the fsoc also...
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and kennedy clinton, bill clinton made a mistake in 1992 of committing to an executive data, linking to human rights. it took a couple years to get off or not. this is a huge mistake to make a specific drive that president romney would either have to carry out the consequences are have to back away from consequence to his credibility at home and abroad. the only other point i would make on this as there's been been a deafening silence from other senior republican statesmen who have been involved in this relationship for the last generation on this subject. i am not aware perhaps someone as to whether they've have endorsements of this by henry kissinger or carla helzberg brent scowcroft or hank paulson, or the big names, key figures in u.s.-china relations in the last generation. >> and everybody click >> yes, it's true that the value of china's currency has appreciated over time. however, the treasury department in its most recent report said that it continues to be significantly overvalued. it is true that past presidents in treasury secretaries have forgotten the opportunity to use
and kennedy clinton, bill clinton made a mistake in 1992 of committing to an executive data, linking to human rights. it took a couple years to get off or not. this is a huge mistake to make a specific drive that president romney would either have to carry out the consequences are have to back away from consequence to his credibility at home and abroad. the only other point i would make on this as there's been been a deafening silence from other senior republican statesmen who have been...
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clinton. >> republican national convention starts on monday. up next, tampa mayor rob buckhorn on the importance of hosting the convention. >> this is the biggest thing the city has ever undertaken by a long stretch. all of you know we have hosted for super bowls and we host an unusual invasion every winter in the form of the -- and we are as well-prepared as any city and country to host an event of this magnitude but this is a big deal. bigger than anything we have ever done by a long stretch. if you multiply although super bowls together, the magnitude of this in the number of moving parts involved in this process would far surpass that by probably six, seven, eight, 10 bowl. the security issues are unique to this event and that is why this is determined a national special security event and so you're going to hear some things we have not been accustomed to dealing with over the super bowls we have hosted that this team you see in front of view as well as the partners and colonel ed duncan from the hillsborough county sheriff's office we had
clinton. >> republican national convention starts on monday. up next, tampa mayor rob buckhorn on the importance of hosting the convention. >> this is the biggest thing the city has ever undertaken by a long stretch. all of you know we have hosted for super bowls and we host an unusual invasion every winter in the form of the -- and we are as well-prepared as any city and country to host an event of this magnitude but this is a big deal. bigger than anything we have ever done by a...
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clinton robo call to every home in philadelphia and pittsburgh. i want the president one more time, even for an hour in philadelphia. there are a few things i think we basically need so i don't think it's in place because, again, we have not seen the romney campaign or cross roads involved. on the other hand, you never know. >> does that approach allow for what senator rick santorum said? a last minute television blitz? >> i don't think in ten days you can -- i don't think in ten days you can change 5% perception. you can change -- you can move turn out, but 5%'s a lot, wouldn't you say? >> few people will change their mine. it is turn out. >> it's all turn out. >> right. >> it could be a very clever plan. let's let everybody go to sleep. >> there's another race, too, in pennsylvania. the senate race that really senator kc should have had locked up. it is competitive. we show the race leaning in his direction, but tom smith running an aggressive campaign. where do you see that? >> i think senator cay see made a mistake waiting too long. he sort of
clinton robo call to every home in philadelphia and pittsburgh. i want the president one more time, even for an hour in philadelphia. there are a few things i think we basically need so i don't think it's in place because, again, we have not seen the romney campaign or cross roads involved. on the other hand, you never know. >> does that approach allow for what senator rick santorum said? a last minute television blitz? >> i don't think in ten days you can -- i don't think in ten...
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clinton was responsible for 11 of those references in his 45 minute speech i guess. he had more time to mention it. at the republican convention this will strike some as interesting. they used five out of 25,000 hamsters are interested by the republicans actually mentioned port or poverty more than democrats mentioned it at the conventions recently. that's unacceptable, particularly for the democratic party has done a better job. the party in this contemporary setting that people don't want to take the issue on. washington right now we ought to be talking the reason the minimum wage to a living wage. president obama ran on a platform saying he wanted to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour. democrats have been weak on that issue in lifting the minimum wage. or like $10 or $10.40 an hour would it not to be. he ran on a platform. haven't heard much about it. we believe mr. obama -- president obama would be much better than mr. romney would come the given what we've analyzed in her book. the president hasn't been strong enough. >> quickly tell us about the book that
clinton was responsible for 11 of those references in his 45 minute speech i guess. he had more time to mention it. at the republican convention this will strike some as interesting. they used five out of 25,000 hamsters are interested by the republicans actually mentioned port or poverty more than democrats mentioned it at the conventions recently. that's unacceptable, particularly for the democratic party has done a better job. the party in this contemporary setting that people don't want to...
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clinton didn't get his due for all the good things he did for the economy. so, i think -- my own personal criticism of president obama is that he made some priority choices about what he was going to fight for that i wouldn't have made. but i don't think wall street's criticism of obama is totally fair. he has moved down the populist row because he is after votes-but in general i think both sides are being a little up fair. >> joe, do you have a thought on this? i bet you do. >> well, i think ken's right. most people on wall street tend to be on the financial conservative side of things, all though you could argue that there wasn't a lot of financial considerative jim in the bush administration. but i think that there'sd i thit of not deutsch real, but a let down on the part of a lot of people because the president had tremendous support from people who might have traditionally not supported a democrat three and a half years ago. and i think his -- and all ose talked to -- i won't bother with the refrains of four years ago -- thought, well, he said that but
clinton didn't get his due for all the good things he did for the economy. so, i think -- my own personal criticism of president obama is that he made some priority choices about what he was going to fight for that i wouldn't have made. but i don't think wall street's criticism of obama is totally fair. he has moved down the populist row because he is after votes-but in general i think both sides are being a little up fair. >> joe, do you have a thought on this? i bet you do. >>...
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had, in fact, if 1997 a democrat president bill clinton signed inta lou law a reduction in the capital gains doubled over the next three years. unemployment fell below 4%. in the increased federal revenue from capital gains helped chief a federal budget surplus. rather than learning a less than that loarlg it, the buffett tax would take us in the opposite direction. the buffett tax is nothing more than more than a back door tax on the capital gains that is earned by upper-income taxpayers. we can debate about how best to encourage new investments and in clean energy and high technology or other important sectors of our economy. but i hope we can all agree that raising taxes on these investments is not the best way to encourage them. we should bear in mind that the current integrated tax rate is 58%, the fourth highest among oecd nations. it's bad enough america has the highest combined tax rate among developed economies. some supporters of the buffett tax would like us to have the highest tax on investment income as well. simply put, the buffett tax is a solution in search of a problem
had, in fact, if 1997 a democrat president bill clinton signed inta lou law a reduction in the capital gains doubled over the next three years. unemployment fell below 4%. in the increased federal revenue from capital gains helped chief a federal budget surplus. rather than learning a less than that loarlg it, the buffett tax would take us in the opposite direction. the buffett tax is nothing more than more than a back door tax on the capital gains that is earned by upper-income taxpayers. we...
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on thursday, bill clinton called about a bill and never mentioned that we adjusted through. that's the way it should be. that is called leadership. [applause] >> i'm john fortier, director of democracy project here at this policy center. miro is twofold. i'm here to hawks summer are books that they've are and hot. and secondly to need a little discussion with the senators before we open it up to the audience further questions. first, much of the henry jackson foundation, the nature of leadership and now that the internet is an business economics and finance online. trent lott unlike the other time, the 107th congress in the two years that changed congress forever senator daschle. i bring the specs have been partly the last book because my first question is to put you back in a moment of time in the year 2001. senator daschle mentioned some things that happened of course it began with the bush v. gore began with the bush v. gore election of a president. it had election of a president. it had a 50/50 senate and the impending negotiations we had over power, the switch of partie
on thursday, bill clinton called about a bill and never mentioned that we adjusted through. that's the way it should be. that is called leadership. [applause] >> i'm john fortier, director of democracy project here at this policy center. miro is twofold. i'm here to hawks summer are books that they've are and hot. and secondly to need a little discussion with the senators before we open it up to the audience further questions. first, much of the henry jackson foundation, the nature of...
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spaghetti are reminds me sometimes work to bill clinton reminds me of fdr because i think both men are really, really smart and they are careful not to step on land mines as they don't have to so fdr ignored the constitution. spikelet me ask a follow-up on that. we have debated a good bet whether the new deal model getting out of the great depression is a good model for getting out of the great recession today. there's been people on both sides of that. should there be a similar debate on what roosevelt' treatment of civil liberties in wartime is a model for what we've done since 9/11 or should be or is a cautionary model >> roosevelt by putting 110,000 a japanese internment camps has gone way beyond anything we've seen today. but roosevelt keep in mind there's a political angle to that. not only did the governor enthusiastically endorse doing that, it appears to be heavily political. we would talk up as often because the japanese were such good workers and had been so successful that many of the anglo-saxons felt competitive pressures since if you are to uphold california, you would f
spaghetti are reminds me sometimes work to bill clinton reminds me of fdr because i think both men are really, really smart and they are careful not to step on land mines as they don't have to so fdr ignored the constitution. spikelet me ask a follow-up on that. we have debated a good bet whether the new deal model getting out of the great depression is a good model for getting out of the great recession today. there's been people on both sides of that. should there be a similar debate on what...
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let me concede i came to this job saying, remembering what bill clinton once said when he was being interviewed before he became president. is there any issue you will not compromise on? we said i will never compromise on race. he said that as a man who grew up in arkansas and saw segregation. i thought that is a good standard, durbin. you saw it, too, in your hometown. hold to that standard, and i looked back and remember in my time in the house of representatives of voting for a measure that turned out to have a dramatically negative racial impact. the establishment of the crack cocaine standard and sentencing of 100 to 1. years later given an opportunity in this committee to try to make that right, and bring it back to 1 to 1. i couldn't get the job done. because of the nature of compromise, it's been reduced to 18 to 1. still a terrible disparity but a dramatic improvement. what happened as result of that bad vote? by black and white congressmen? we lost trust in the african-american community. many people serving on juries said i'm not going to do this. i am just not going to send that wom
let me concede i came to this job saying, remembering what bill clinton once said when he was being interviewed before he became president. is there any issue you will not compromise on? we said i will never compromise on race. he said that as a man who grew up in arkansas and saw segregation. i thought that is a good standard, durbin. you saw it, too, in your hometown. hold to that standard, and i looked back and remember in my time in the house of representatives of voting for a measure that...
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romney to do is go back to the race may play under bill clinton. [cheers and applause] and i don't know if you remember, that's on our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history. and here's the kicker. it actually created a lot of millionaires because when the middle-class is doing well, that our businesses do well. when folks have money to spend, and they buy new cars or car companies do well and they hire more workers. when you've got extra money in your pocket, didn't you go get some peace for brenda. and then she decides she can afford to hire another worker. that is how we grow our economy. for investing in roads and bridges, put some hard hats back to work. get our steel workers back to work. [applause] they've got more money to spend. maybe they'll buy that new computer. maybe they decided to take little vacation. all that money circulates in the economy and makes us all grow. so, here's the bottom line, ohio. if you believe that their plan, mr. romney's plan, his congressional allies, if you genuinely
romney to do is go back to the race may play under bill clinton. [cheers and applause] and i don't know if you remember, that's on our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history. and here's the kicker. it actually created a lot of millionaires because when the middle-class is doing well, that our businesses do well. when folks have money to spend, and they buy new cars or car companies do well and they hire more workers. when you've got extra money in your...
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we are under clinton -- former president clinton and bill gates before the committee last year and i had the opportunity to us than what we could do to try and get beyond the controversy and recognized that family planning is actually very profamily, pro-women. it is important to saving the lives of both women and infants. i wonder what experience you had in your position to date and whether you have any thoughts about how we can make this issue less controversial and more supportive of what women and families need around the world. >> well, thank you. i also look forward to learning your thoughts on not for bill gates and president clinton. but at the end of the day, we note that her history program support and family planning has been one of our most successful areas of work. we do not, as you know in any way support or fund abortion or any counseling related to abortion. we are very strict controls on that. we sing country after country a common pattern that gives you to a place where you have a puncture have a better democratic and that is a significant reduction in child mortali
we are under clinton -- former president clinton and bill gates before the committee last year and i had the opportunity to us than what we could do to try and get beyond the controversy and recognized that family planning is actually very profamily, pro-women. it is important to saving the lives of both women and infants. i wonder what experience you had in your position to date and whether you have any thoughts about how we can make this issue less controversial and more supportive of what...
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a family earning $255,000 would pay an extra $150 as a result of this bill. extending the lower tax rates for income above $250,000 for one year, again as the republicans have proposed, would add over $49 billion to our deficit. even in washington, $49 billion is significant money, money that would have to be borrowed adding to our deficit problem. now, many of the same republicans who voted in the name of deficit reduction to end medicare as we know it -- deficit reduction was so important to them that they voted in that ryan budget to end medicare as we know it, to put thousands of dollars in costs on our seniors they would support deepening the deficit with high-end tax cuts. there is a double standard here, and for most rhode islanders these are exactly the wrong priorities when it comes to deficit reduction. in addition to the deficit concerns, we should let the tax cuts at the top expire just for fairness reasons. loopholes and special provisions allow many super high income earners to pay lower tax rates than many middle-class families. according to th
a family earning $255,000 would pay an extra $150 as a result of this bill. extending the lower tax rates for income above $250,000 for one year, again as the republicans have proposed, would add over $49 billion to our deficit. even in washington, $49 billion is significant money, money that would have to be borrowed adding to our deficit problem. now, many of the same republicans who voted in the name of deficit reduction to end medicare as we know it -- deficit reduction was so important to...
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president has called for and will not be affected and what way to address problems quickly is for that bill to pass through the house. >> the qwest tsin is a few list into what president clinton said overt secretary rate to said that the same version of for the long term sustainability we have to fix the deficit. clinton said that this get the deal to make it ironclad but delay its one-year or two. right now we a continuation of simulation. but do you agree with the conversation to have a grand bargain in to defect right away? o.r. do you agree so as some people. >> my job is economic policy adviser. as an economist, the right strategy is to get our hasselhoff's and order. and to show that we can do those commitments will require additional revenue along with cuts. we want to help in the short term. the president proposed tax cut is to help in the short run. good group with the lowest marginal propensity consumed and the cbo released report which concluded extending the middle-class tax cut would create one point* 6 billion jobs compared to allowing them to expire. that mrs. the fact if you
president has called for and will not be affected and what way to address problems quickly is for that bill to pass through the house. >> the qwest tsin is a few list into what president clinton said overt secretary rate to said that the same version of for the long term sustainability we have to fix the deficit. clinton said that this get the deal to make it ironclad but delay its one-year or two. right now we a continuation of simulation. but do you agree with the conversation to have a...
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would like to get it this year, but we know perseverance is the order of the day. >> host: bill horn is with the u.s. sportsmen alliance. u.s. sports fan.org is the website if you want to find out more about the organization and legislation involved. bill horn serves as federal affairs director. thank you very much. >> national commander worked on the u.s. economy and the housing market. our finance heard from joseph smith who is overseeing a $25 billion mortgage settlement between 49 states and five banks. the conference featuring national urban league president and former new orleans mayor marc royall and the former ceo of fannie mae, franklyn raines is an hour and 40 minutes. >> thank you for coming. both of you got a chance teacher entrÉe already. just to show you they don't favor the head table. will have to be more animated in the next invitation. so c-span is ready and the other cameras are ready, just give me the? i just want to say my name is john taylor, president and ceo of the national coalition. welcome to this important discussion about the center of housing. the exper
would like to get it this year, but we know perseverance is the order of the day. >> host: bill horn is with the u.s. sportsmen alliance. u.s. sports fan.org is the website if you want to find out more about the organization and legislation involved. bill horn serves as federal affairs director. thank you very much. >> national commander worked on the u.s. economy and the housing market. our finance heard from joseph smith who is overseeing a $25 billion mortgage settlement between...
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this bill was basically the republican alternative from 1993 to the clinton health care plan which was written not only by the late john chafee of rhode island, former senator of minnesota, but grassley and orrin hatch who embrace the idea of the mandated and embraced the idea of exchanges that didn't have a public auction, then you throw in some of the elements of the plan and have what is in the affordable care act. .. >> there was a piece in "the new york times" this morning about the reelection campaign. is there anything from this campaign, that kind of relates to the idea and changes that you have seen over the years? >> of course. the piece in the times is fascinating. it points out that he was the radical insurgent when he first ran to for the senate. they moved a pretty moderate republican party. and now he is trying to get to the right of candidates, which it is almost impossible to do so. when orrin hatch came to the senate committee was and is a strong conservative by most standards. but he also became a problem solver. and he would never fail in any parents to talk about t
this bill was basically the republican alternative from 1993 to the clinton health care plan which was written not only by the late john chafee of rhode island, former senator of minnesota, but grassley and orrin hatch who embrace the idea of the mandated and embraced the idea of exchanges that didn't have a public auction, then you throw in some of the elements of the plan and have what is in the affordable care act. .. >> there was a piece in "the new york times" this morning...
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whatever happened, i have always found the country clinton, hillary, always a little bit ahead of me -- a few steps. i will give you a couple of examples. we were both young political animals in 1973 and 74. i was interning for bill cohen, and i'm spending most of my time dealing with his posts, from french-speaking constituents north of maine. impeach, don't impeach, yes, no, for it, against it. all i was doing with these french-speaking constituents in the dark room of the rayburn building, there she was. hillary was in the thick of the action. shoes on the impeachment inquiry staff, and advising the house judiciary committee. we both served cabinet in our government. i was minister of finance for france, and hillary, of course, is the film beautifully show, is still today serving as one of the most outstanding secretaries of state of the united states of america. [applause] [applause] she's always ahead of me. secretary of state, madam clinton. you have shattered the feeling like no one else, with 18 million votes. [applause] [applause] and i was traveling very hard with your revo
whatever happened, i have always found the country clinton, hillary, always a little bit ahead of me -- a few steps. i will give you a couple of examples. we were both young political animals in 1973 and 74. i was interning for bill cohen, and i'm spending most of my time dealing with his posts, from french-speaking constituents north of maine. impeach, don't impeach, yes, no, for it, against it. all i was doing with these french-speaking constituents in the dark room of the rayburn building,...
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nothing in the bill says that we would have no aid to these countries. it just simply says to these countries, if you protect our embassy libya if you continue to cooperate and send back terrorists and catch the assassins, they'll continue to get our aid. it conditions aid on behavior. right now aid is not being conditioned on behavior. we have pakistan who is actually tortured a friend of america. dr. shakil afridi has been tortured for a year by the pakistani government. the foreign relations committee has done nothing to address that and so we have dr. shakil afridi now in prison for a year. for years for the rest of his life essentially. and i don't see any action coming or forthcoming from the foreign affairs committee. so what i would say to my colleagues is that this is a bill that places restrictions on foreign aid it does not end foreign aid it doesn't breach the israel-egypt treaty the camp david accord. it's a canard. it's brought up routinely to try to prevent any changes or reform in foreign aid. we always hear it's going to end aid to israe
nothing in the bill says that we would have no aid to these countries. it just simply says to these countries, if you protect our embassy libya if you continue to cooperate and send back terrorists and catch the assassins, they'll continue to get our aid. it conditions aid on behavior. right now aid is not being conditioned on behavior. we have pakistan who is actually tortured a friend of america. dr. shakil afridi has been tortured for a year by the pakistani government. the foreign relations...
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as hillary clinton declared more than 15 years ago in beijing at the fourth world conference on women, "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." if we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families, too. it is disheartening in the last several months that petty partisanship and gamesmanship has held up policies critical to women's health, including this act. since its original passage in 1994, the bill has made tremendous progress in protecting women from domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. the bill has transformed our criminal justice system and victim support services. it has encouraged collaboration among law enforcement, health and housing professionals, and community organizations to prevent and respond to domestic partner violence. and it has funded programs, such as services training officers, prosecutors. it is training officers and prosecutors, and these are called stop grants, and they are used to train personnel, training, technical assistance and other equipm
as hillary clinton declared more than 15 years ago in beijing at the fourth world conference on women, "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." if we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families, too. it is disheartening in the last several months that petty partisanship and gamesmanship has held up policies critical to women's health, including this act. since its original...